Rochdale Cycling Without Age receives £4,200 after being chosen as NCompass' charity of the year

Local non-profit group Rochdale Cycling Without Age has received a cheque for £4,200 from NCompass, which provides support services for unpaid carers in the Rochdale borough.

Rochdale Cycling Without Age aims to tackle loneliness by taking senior citizens out into the community on free bike rides, using a specially adapted ‘trishaw’ – a three-wheel cycle with a passenger cab in front.

It was chosen as NCompass’ charity of the year and the generous donation means the group will be able to provide even more free rides.

 

 

Dianne David, of Littleborough, who started Rochdale Cycling Without Age last year, said: “NCompass chose Rochdale Cycling Without Age as their charity of the year. Thanks to the motivation of their staff to fundraise in a variety of ways, we will be able to provide free rides on a specially adapted bicycle for older people with mobility issues.

“We are a small voluntary organisation run solely by volunteers, so this donation means a lot to us. A big thank you to everyone at NCompass.”

 

Read more: First older residents taken out by Rochdale Cycling Without Age volunteersPublished: 06 October 2021

 

Rochdale Cycling Without Age was borne out of the global Cycling Without Age movement, which tackles the loneliness and isolation experienced by senior citizens when they become confined to their own homes.

Having recently reached the UK, Cycling Without Age was launched in Copenhagen in 2012 by Ole Kassow, enabling volunteers to visit local care and senior citizen facilities around the community to offer residents an opportunity to be a passenger.

Since launching, communities over the UK have been inspired to rally together and fund more trishaws so that they can offer local elderly residents the freedom to get outdoors and explore the world around them.

For more information, or to express interest in volunteering, please contact Rochdale Cycling Without Age via Facebook, email rochdale@cyclingwithoutage.org.uk or call 01706 508140.